Monday, April 28, 2008

Sunday, April 27, 2008

So we left our houses at 2:00 PM PST to go to the airport and we arrived at our hotel room in Munich 24 hours later at 12:00 AM GST. Our flight to from London to Munich was first delayed, then cancelled then we were moved to another flight. So we made the most of it while at Heathrow.

Monday, April 21, 2008

So a bit of good news arrived in the mail today. A letter from OK Speed Marketing stating that they have finally received my money from the wire transfer and included in the envelope was a voucher for the ride in the Ring-Taxi. So I went ahead and booked a ride with them on May 4th at 3:00 PM. So we'll have to leave early from Berlin to make it to Nurburg in time.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

So I called the BMW NA office today and asked for "Vehicle Production Status" and gave them my production number. The response was: "You car is in production and scheduled to be completed on April 14th." Hell yes! So now all I have to do pay and pick it up.....which will come soon.

Friday, April 4, 2008

So good news. I went to the BMW Ring Taxi site today and saw that they have openings for rides on May 4th. Now all I have to do is get a ticket which goes on sale on Monday, April 7th at 1AM PDT. I'm pretty excited that I "might" be able to get ring taxi tickets....they go for 185 Euros...ouch.

For those of you who don't know what the Ring Taxi is, let me try to explain it to you. A professional driver takes you for a joy ride in a modified BMW M5 with a V10 507HP engine around the Nurburgring which consists 73 curves, 300 meters elevation and at a length of 21km in about 10 minutes. Click play twice in the video below to see a preview.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Anyways, just bought my tickets from San Jose to San Diego. Starting emailing all the hotels to confirm my reservations. Freaked out about where all my documents are. And now I am officially stress that I hope I don't stall the car on the way out the factory :(